MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — EdR (NYSE: EDR), one of the nation’s largest developers, owners and managers of high-quality collegiate housing communities, has announced plans for a complete redevelopment of one of its off-campus communities, Players Club, at Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee, Fla. “The location of Players Club is still ideal and it gives us an opportunity to…
As of the end of the 2016 fiscal year, FCLF has made significant milestones: In food access financing, with recent $1.6 million in financing to Treasure Coast Food Bank; In lending and social impact, with $252 million in cumulative financing through 251 loans; In affordable rental housing financing, with more units financed than any prior…
The city of Pompano Beach’s design review committee on Wednesday delayed action on a site-plan proposal by New York-based Chetrit Group and local developer Ari Pearl, pending changes to their large, planned mixed-use development. The proposed project, called Oceanside Pompano Beach, would span 360,989 square feet and would include residential apartments, hotel rooms, retail stores,…
So you think nothing is happening in downtown Jacksonville? If so, you should reconsider. Downtown is on the verge of its largest multi-family infill development boom in decades. 1,279 residential units could be under construction in the downtown proper by the end of the year. Moderncities.com takes a look at 8 downtown projects and few…
ORLANDO — Growing better together: That’s the goal as Orlando leaders study strategic growth along the Virginia Drive corridor. Virginia Drive corridor connects Ivanhoe Village with Mills 50 Near Orlando Urban Trail, area is top spot for redevelopment ‘The Yard at Ivanhoe’ going in on lot at Virginia and Alden George Saunders is the general…
Campers of the Boynton Beach summer camp program suited up with their snorkels and fins to take a dip beneath the earth’s surface to discover the underworld mysteries of the deep blue sea. This initiative called Project Seahorse was created when co-founders Dan Volker and Jim Abernathy saw families visiting Blue Heron Bridge. “There would…
When you hear the word “brand”, your mind probably does not jump to a redevelopment agency. For many, it conjures up a retail store, food product or even fashion line. Even though redevelopment agencies may not be the first thing that comes to mind, they too must establish their own branding. No matter what type…
DEERFIELD BEACH Once a hotspot for gambling and bootlegging, a city park accessible only through a condominium parking lot has begun its transformation into a hub for enjoying the city’s Intracoastal Waterway. Sullivan Park, once the site of the notorious Riverview Restaurant that legend has Al Capone frequenting, is on a frontage road tucked between…
Depot Park lives up to the hype. The 32-acre project has been billed as being Gainesville’s own Central Park. Depot Park is supposed to serve as a showcase for all our community offers in terms of nature, culture and innovation. It took decades of planning, years of cleanup and millions of dollars to get there,…
A STOREFRONT-SATURATED STRIP WITH A sketchy past is poised to put the Lake Park Arts District on the map as a hip hub of culture. Ten years after the town targeted the area as an economic liability and created a Community Redevelopment Agency to reverse the red, the threeblock stretch of Park Avenueappears to be prospering. “When I came to Lake…
Mayor Bob Buckhorn and the City of Tampa, Florida, broke ground this week on the redevelopment of Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park designed by Denver urban design and landscape architecture firm Civitas with W Architecture and Landscape Architecture of New York. Mayor Buckhorn manned a trackhoe, digging into the dirt of the 23-acre site on the banks…
The past will be a part of the city’s future downtown development, city officials say. The city commission on Monday said it would only consider development proposals that keep all or part of the historic high school at Town Square, which includes City Hall, the library and the downtown police and fire stations. Saving the…
